OATH Trials Division: New York City Administrative Law Case Decisions

New York City's Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) provides this dataset of closed administrative law cases adjudicated by its Trials Division. The dataset includes a diverse range of matters such as civil service discipline, contract disputes, license revocations, and consumer protection law violations. It contains cases where an Administrative Law Judge has issued a decision, with some being final and others recommended for final agency action.

Use Cases

• Predicting case outcomes based on the type of administrative law matter (e.g., contract dispute, license revocation).
• Analyzing trends in enforcement actions by specific city agencies mentioned in the description, such as the Department of Consumer Affairs.
• Modeling the timeline from case filing to final decision or appeal action.
• Identifying common themes or outcomes in specific case categories like Krimstock vehicle seizures or fair work week law violations.

Strengths

• Dataset covers a diverse range of over ten specific administrative law matter types as listed in the description.
• Includes metadata on appeal actions that occur after a final determination.
• Provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and XML.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description does not specify the temporal coverage of the included cases.

Provenance

Source

City of New York, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH), Trials Division.

Collection Method

Cases filed by city agencies, boards, and commissions and adjudicated by OATH Administrative Law Judges.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-08 02:45:15.576895; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA.